USA Information, News and Views: April 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012

Osama Bin Laden is Dead - Announcement by US President

Authors

Narayana Rao

2.5.2011
Bin Laden Dead. Body in possession of US troops. Formal announcement shortly. BBC news item
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13256676

President Barack Obama also announced the death of Bin Laden
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13256676
updated 03.45 GMT 2nd May 2011

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Statement by US President Barack Obama from White House

Osama Bin Laden is Dead Statement by US President

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US President Praising Personnel Involved in the operation before a bipartisan panel meeting. White House Video release through Youtube.

US President praising Military Personnel

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Bin Laden - Body Identified - CBS News

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Mansion Where Osama was attacked and killed, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Mansion where Osama was attacked and killed

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The location on Google Maps

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?ll=34.169284,73.242615&spn=0.001462,0.002119&t=h&z=19&lci=com.panoramio.all

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Attack on the Mansion - Some Footage

Attack - Some Footage

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The Successful Hunt for Osama

Clues in Hunt for Osama
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Press Conference by Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, USA

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World Reactions

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NewsXLive Discussion

Reactions on Osama's Death
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Statement of US President - 1st May 2011 (US Time)

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CNN - Obama is Dead - Breaking News

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2 May 2011 - Osama Bin Laden is dead

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Attack by US Troops on Osama Bin Laden - Details

4 helicopters carried the raid
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/the-helicopter-raid-that-killed-osama-bin-laden-102774
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/osama-bin-laden-dead-killed-by-us-in-pak-shot-in-the-head-102859

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Helicopters attack on Abbottabad - A Tweet at 1 pm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/02/osama-bin-laden-live-blogger
Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).
http://twitter.com/#!/ReallyVirtual
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Narayana Rao - 01 May 2011

Wages Related Laws and Practices - USA - Knol Book

Authors

KVSS N.Rao

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Unpaid Wages, part 2
Washington Employment Law
Unpaid Wages, part 1
Washington Employment Law
Unpaid Wages, part 3
Washington Employment Law
IRS Wage Garnishment - Can Uncle Sam Really Seize My Wages?
What is Minimum Wage
What is Minimum Wage Set At in the US?
Minimum Wage
A history of the United States minimum wage.

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Campaigns and Pre-Nomination Activities of Political Leaders

Authors

Narayana Rao

November 2011

Mitt Romney, USA campaigned for many candidates during the last two years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/us/politics/mitt-romney-campaigns-tirelessly-and-not-just-for-himself.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

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Thanksgiving Day Knols - Fourth Thursday - November - Collection

The New Left Movement

In 1962, five dozen college students gathered at a lakeside camp near Port Huron, Michigan, and discussed for four days politics. This group of students known as Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) ended discussion at 5 a.m. on June 16 and agreed on a political manifesto that expressed their sentiments. This manifesto became known as the Port Huron Statement.

The Port Huron Statement called for the creation of a radically new democratic political movement in the United States. The document called for "participatory democracy"--direct individual involvement in the decisions that affected their lives. This movement came to be known as the New Left.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=376

But there is an interesting letter from C. Wright Mills addressed to New Left in 1960 itself. The magazine in which it was filed has the name, New Left Review.
http://www.marxists.org/subject/humanism/mills-c-wright/letter-new-left.htm

Marxist Humanism web page explains the role of C.Wright Mills in New Left.
http://www.marxists.org/subject/humanism/index.htm

Sitaram Yechury of CPI-M, India said in an interview that New Left still does not any new theory and program to offer (26.6.2011)

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History of U.S.A. - Web Pages

Digital History USA site
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/hyper_titles.cfm

Timeline of the USA history beginning 15th century
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/timelines.cfm

The Americans before Europeans
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?titleID=95

Discovery of America by European sailors
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?titleID=96

The European Migration to America - Causes and Voyages
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?titleID=97

American Revolution for Independent Country
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?titleID=53
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Famous Speeches - Videos

We can Win - Obama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe751kMBwms&feature=BFa&list=PLC54D5360D66E1EA7&index=4

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Startup America - Panel Discussion - Video - March 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlm6PMmZxuQ

President Obama at CEO Forum Discussion in Brasilia - Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8mweo9gnds

President Obama's Statement on Credit Downgrade - Video - 8 August 2011

Standards and Poors downgraded US sovereign debt to AA+ from AAA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmMMHjD7yEs

U.S. President's Council on Jobs & Competiveness - Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoVq4drGId8

2011

Council on Foreign Relations (USA) and Publications

About Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher.

http://www.cfr.org/about/

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Activities of The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

The Think Tank

    * The David Rockefeller Studies Program—CFR's think tank—is composed of more than fifty full-time and adjunct fellows who cover the major regions and significant issues shaping today's international agenda.
    * The Studies Program is organized into twelve program areas and centers that focus on major geographical areas of the world or significant foreign policy issues, including the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, the Center for Preventive Action, and the International Institutions and Global Governance program.

Contributing to the Public Debate

    * Access to CFR's high-level discussions—with world leaders, U.S. government officials, CEOs, policy analysts, and others— made available to public through videos, audio recordings, and unedited transcripts.
    * Outreach initiatives: educators and students; religious and congregational leaders; state and local officials; and nonprofit, civic, and community leaders.
    * The Washington Program that engages decision-makers in Congress, the executive branch, and the diplomatic community.
    * The bimonthly Foreign Affairs publication. Its website, ForeignAffairs.com, publishes original daily features and hosts an archive going back to 1961.
    * CFR's website: CFR.org publishes backgrounders, interviews, "first-take" analysis, expert blogs, and a variety of multimedia offerings that include videos, podcasts, interactive timelines, and the Emmy-winning Crisis Guide series. The site also presents the work of CFR's Think Tank, including books, reports, congressional testimony, and op-eds, as well as audio, video, and transcripts of CFR events. Each weekday morning, the Daily News Brief delivers subscribers an authoritative digest of global news and analysis compiled by CFR.org's editors.

http://www.cfr.org/about/
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Publications

Another Challenge to US - Pakistan Ties
21 July 2011
http://www.cfr.org/pakistan/another-challenge-us-pakistan-ties/p25523

India's Catastrophic Landscape
Jessica Seddon, Director, IFMR Chennai
March 2011
http://hir.harvard.edu/india-in-transition/india-s-catastrophic-landscape

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Michele Bachmann - Campaign for Republican Party Nomination for President of USA

The campaign website
http://www.michelebachmann.com/

15.8.2011
The Transformation of Michele Bachmann
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/08/15/110815fa_fact_lizza

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13.8.2011
Michele Bachmann won a straw poll in the key primary state of Iowa.
http://www.thejournal.ie/michele-bachmann-the-tea-party-is-good-for-america-201375-Aug2011/

Congresswoman Proudly serving 6th District of Minnesota
http://bachmann.house.gov/

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Ron Paul - Campaign for Republican Party Nomination for President of USA

Ron Paul - Official Campaign Website
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/

June 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Gqjn5E1GM
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13 May 2011
Ron Paul (75) announced his candidature for US President
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Texas-Congressman-Ron-Paul-Joins-Presidential-Field-121790569.html

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Income Tax - USA - Knol Book - Online Book

Income Tax - USA - Knol Book

Authors

Narayana Rao

Knol search link for tax

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What is "federal income tax" on "individuals"?
Rules and practice of the U.S. federal income tax law are examined.
Section 179 Deductions
Small Business Owner's Resource for Section 179 Depreciation Rules (2011 update)
Best Income Tax Deductions for Online Education
Save money on distance learning college costs by using education tax deductions.
Internal Revenue Service Indexed Items List
Best Income Tax Credits for Online Education
Consumers Save Money on Online Higher Education Costs By Using Government Tax Credits
What is gross income?
Rules and practice of the U.S. federal income tax law are examined.
How to calculate your federal income tax obligation
Rules and practice of the U.S. federal income tax law are examined.
When to Change Your Tax Withholding
income tax, income tax withhlding
The United States A Tax Haven For Foreign Investors And Immigrants To The United States
From a tax perspective there are both special advantages and traps for both would-be immigrants to the United States and the foreign investor. This article will look at both the traps and the advantages.
State Tax Issues
Determining where your income is earned, isn't as easy as you might think.

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Narayana Rao - 06 Jan 2011

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

USA Information - Knol Book

Authors

Search Link for Knols on USA

Knol Search Link on Knols on USA, America and American

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Presidents of United States of America (USA) - Knol Book
USA Energy Issues - Knol Chapter Collection
USA - Travel and Tourism - Knol Book
Wages Related Laws and Practices - USA - Knol Book
Sales Tax - USA - Knol Book
Knol Sub-Directory - History - USA
IGFAS - USA Edition
Part of the Incomplete Guide to Financial Aid for Singaporeans
Ramakrishna Mission - USA Branches
Knol Authors of USA and Knols About States - State-Wise Lists
The Ancestry of all of the US Presidents
Ancestry (or Genealogy) of all of the US Presidents
President of the United States
Experiences Relocating to the USA (Part 4) - Culture Shock
Culture Shock - Two Nations Separated by a Common Language!
Experiences Relocating to the USA (Part 1) - The New Beginning
A New Beginning
Afro-Euro Genetic Admixture in the United States
Ancestry-Informative Autosomal DNA Markers
HOW CAN A FOREIGN EDUCATED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTICE IN USA?
New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA)
"The Healthcare City" / "The Hub City"

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

U.S.A. President's Election 2012 - News and Opinions - Web Page Links

Election to be held on 6 November 2012

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Deduicated Web Pages for the Campaign and Elections

http://www.ft.com/intl/indepth/us-presidential-election-2012

http://2012.presidential-candidates.org/

http://www.reuters.com/politics/elections-2012

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April 2012

Live Coverage by Richard Adams

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/20/romney-obama-presidential-live
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/richard-adams-blog/2012/apr/19/us-elections-2012-live-blog

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August 2011

Republican Presidential Candidates

http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/candidates

19 Aug 2011

After the straw Poll

http://www.economist.com/node/21526368

15 August 2011

Republican Party after Tim Leaves

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/08/republican-nomination-0

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2008 Elections

Election results - 2008

http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html?ref=newyorktimespollwatch

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

U.S.A. Recession 2007

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USA Real GDP Growth

Quarters Seasonally Adjsuted At Annual Rates

Quarter	Growth (%)
2006:Q1	5.4
2006:Q2	1.4
2006:Q3	0.1
2006:Q4	3.0
2007:Q1	1.2
2007:Q2	3.2
2007:Q3	3.6
2007:Q4	2.1
2008:Q1	-0.7
2008:Q2	1.5
2008:Q3	-2.7
2008:Q4	-5.4
2009:Q1	-6.4
2009:Q2	-0.7
2009:Q3	2.2
2009:Q4	5.7

Source

2006 to 2009 4th quarter ( http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2010/xls/gdp4q09_adv.xls)

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U.S.A.   Money Stock Measures
                                   Billions of dollars
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                    Seasonally adjusted                   Not seasonally adjusted
           -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
             M1: Currency,                                  M1: Currency,
               traveler's              M2: M1 plus        traveler's              M2: M1 plus
             checks, demand     retail MMMFs,    checks, demand     retail MMMFs,
             deposits, and        savings, and        deposits, and          savings, and
            other checkable        small time        other checkable       small time
   Date         deposits            deposits            deposits               deposits
--------           ------------------     ------------------ ------------------       ------------------

Jan 2004        1305.3              6074.3              1301.5              6061.6
Feb 2004        1321.9              6115.5              1306.4              6091.5
Mar 2004        1330.5              6155.3              1337.6              6169.3
Apr 2004        1332.0              6193.3              1342.9              6237.6
May 2004        1331.7              6262.5              1333.2              6250.1
Jun 2004        1342.6              6275.3              1347.5              6271.5
Jul 2004        1340.3              6280.2              1338.7              6275.4
Aug 2004        1353.2              6305.4              1352.4              6296.2
Sep 2004        1361.2              6340.1              1348.9              6329.8
Oct 2004        1360.9              6364.8              1351.2              6350.9
Nov 2004        1376.5              6400.2              1370.8              6400.8
Dec 2004        1377.1              6415.2              1401.3              6443.7
Jan 2005        1365.8              6413.9              1361.4              6401.3
Feb 2005        1372.9              6431.3              1354.9              6401.5
Mar 2005        1373.0              6447.2              1381.6              6462.3
Apr 2005        1357.6              6452.3              1369.2              6506.6
May 2005        1365.4              6469.1              1369.3              6454.9
Jun 2005        1378.5              6501.9              1384.1              6507.0
Jul 2005        1366.5              6529.4              1365.1              6526.4
Aug 2005        1376.1              6561.4              1376.6              6549.3
Sep 2005        1377.5              6596.5              1363.2              6581.9
Oct 2005        1374.7              6627.6              1364.9              6609.0
Nov 2005        1377.9              6654.6              1373.0              6649.7
Dec 2005        1375.3              6679.2              1396.5              6703.1
Jan 2006        1380.2              6719.4              1375.0              6701.0
Feb 2006        1380.6              6746.9              1361.5              6717.9
Mar 2006        1384.5              6762.6              1394.2              6791.7
Apr 2006        1380.0              6787.5              1393.0              6855.1
May 2006        1386.3              6805.4              1391.5              6793.4
Jun 2006        1372.8              6840.3              1378.4              6846.9
Jul 2006        1368.5              6875.9              1367.8              6869.2
Aug 2006        1368.8              6905.8              1369.8              6888.5
Sep 2006        1361.5              6935.6              1346.5              6916.5
Oct 2006        1369.1              6995.0              1359.4              6961.8
Nov 2006        1372.4              7031.4              1367.5              7025.3
Dec 2006        1367.9              7079.5              1387.3              7102.3
Jan 2007        1374.0              7115.4              1368.8              7099.6
Feb 2007        1367.1              7133.9              1347.2              7109.7
Mar 2007        1369.1              7167.2              1378.9              7209.5
Apr 2007        1379.2              7219.3              1393.0              7299.0
May 2007        1380.8              7253.2              1386.2              7242.7
Jun 2007        1364.6              7279.1              1371.3              7288.0
Jul 2007        1368.6              7311.8              1369.2              7292.8
Aug 2007        1371.8              7371.3              1372.9              7354.3
Sep 2007        1372.4              7410.8              1356.7              7383.6
Oct 2007        1379.0              7443.7              1369.1              7398.7
Nov 2007        1375.5              7472.2              1370.0              7459.6
Dec 2007        1375.8              7509.4              1394.4              7530.2
Jan 2008        1381.1              7542.3              1375.5              7529.1
Feb 2008        1387.0              7631.7              1365.3              7613.4
Mar 2008        1389.7              7691.6              1400.7              7752.2
Apr 2008        1392.1              7716.3              1406.4              7802.0
May 2008        1391.5              7739.0              1396.2              7739.7
Jun 2008        1398.1              7751.1              1407.0              7761.2
Jul 2008        1415.1              7802.7              1417.4              7776.1
Aug 2008        1400.0              7790.6              1400.9              7772.8
Sep 2008        1459.5              7898.2              1441.0              7851.6
Oct 2008        1472.7              8014.7              1461.9              7965.1
Nov 2008        1518.1              8065.3              1513.1              8052.6
Dec 2008        1594.7              8241.6              1618.7              8251.3
Jan 2009        1573.8              8302.6              1565.6              8296.9
Feb 2009        1562.1              8340.7              1535.6              8322.8
Mar 2009        1564.3              8392.7              1577.3              8455.3
Apr 2009        1592.7              8343.7              1608.4              8448.4
May 2009        1593.0              8416.1              1598.3              8426.6
Jun 2009        1641.0              8442.2              1652.9              8447.2
Jul 2009        1649.9              8436.6              1654.9              8417.2
Aug 2009        1648.3              8413.3              1649.2              8392.0
Sep 2009        1660.8              8452.4              1639.9              8396.4
Oct 2009        1673.8              8481.4              1659.5              8423.5
Nov 2009        1685.6              8508.9              1678.8              8491.7
Dec 2009        1693.3              8524.3              1718.4              8530.0
Jan 2010        1676.5              8463.1              1667.8              8452.1

Source:

http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H6/hist/h6hist1.txt

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Saturday, April 14, 2012

California - State - USA - Knol Authors - Knols - Education

Introduction

State Capital: Sacramento (From the Spanish word "Sacramento" meaning "The Blessed Sacrament.")

Major cities: Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose and Santa Barbara.

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Great Californians

This section is devoted to great people with strong ties to California. It contains (will do so soon, hopefully) a table of names (in alphabetical order), together with some information: years spent in Caliornia (CA y's) + the domain of the activity of the person, and references (hard & links). This table is selective about Hollywood or else it'd be too extensive.

Name	CA y's	domain	ref's
Paul Cohen	1961-2007	mathematics; Fields medalist	[1]
Richard Feynman	1950-1988	physics; Nobel prize	[2]
Michael Friedman	whole life but 1969-73	mathematics; Fields medalist	[3]
Czesław Miłosz	1961-2004	poetry; Nobel prize	[4][5]
Roman Polański	1968-9 & 1973-8	movie directing
Ronald Reagan	1937-1980&1989-2004	politics, acting
Arnold Schwarzenegger	1968-...	bodybuilding, acting, politics
Alfred Tarski	1942-1983	mathematics	[6]
Steve Wozniak	whole life	creator of Apple computer	[7]

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Talk About Your Self

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Knol Authors of California State:

Please include your name, city and the area in which you write knols in the alphabetical order

Allan Elder, Long Beach, CA, Consultant, Coach, & Educator
Amy Markowitz, San Francisco, CA, Editor and Scientific Writing Specialist;
Barry Burns, Thousand Oaks, CA - Message says account has been blocked
Bryna Siegel, San Francisco, Developmental psychologist, University of California
Casey Batten MD, San Francisco/Berkeley, CA, Sports Medicine Physician
Cedric Dupont, San Francisco, CA, Google Knol Product Manager;
Christopher Regan, Newport Beach, CA, Hotels, IT Director;
Diane Sliwka, San Francisco, CA, Hospitalist
Edward McNulty, San Francisco, CA, Physician
Gregory Grothaus, Bay Area, CA
Ilya Yakubovich, West Hollywood, CA, Product manager at Geni, Inc.
Inderjeet Singh, Milpitas, CA

Jennifer Petoff, San Francisco, CA, Training

Jennifer Taylor, Palo Alto, CA, Software Engineer

Joseph Neri, West Covina, CA, Printer

Katrina Eagle, San Diego, CA, Attorney;

Keith McCarty, Los Angeles, CA, Marketing Manager, Geni Inc.

Marc Cohen, San Francisco, CA, Orchid Enthusiast, www.AboutOrchids.com Orchid Enthusiast

Matt Ghering, San Francisco, CA, Google Product Marketing Manager,

Michael McNally, Mountain View, CA, Tech Lead, Google Knol;

Michael A Rizzotti, Los Angeles, Publisher, writer

Mike Delgado, Los Angeles, CA

Mike Lee, Bay Area, CA;

Mohammed Kashani-Sabet, San Francisco, CA, Director, Melanoma Center, University of California San Francisco

Murry Shohat, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, http://www.mediabistro.com/murryshohat

Narayan Thakur, San Jose, CA, Research Inorganic Chemist, Mumbai, India

Norah Terrault, San Francisco, Associate Professor, University of California at San Francisco

Paul Morrison, Los Angeles, Change Agent

Ronald Labuguen, San Francisco, CA, Family Physician

Ross Grossman, Los Angeles, CA, Talent Agent

Ryan Moulton, Mountain View,CA, Software engineer (google), Backpacking

Sagar Kamdar, Mountain View,CA, Product Manager, Google

Vladi Sytnik, Los Angeles, CA, Photographer

The Judge, hunting, fishing, and camping

Wendy Fleet

William Wynn, Santa Barbara, CA, Student at UCSB

Will Johnson Computer Guru, Professional Genealogist and Biographer at CountyHistorian.com, Santa Cruz, California

Włodzimierz Holsztyński, Silicon Valley, CA, Art of Agreeing, dabanese, mathematics

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Congratulations Will Johnson - Author from California

First English Language author to register more than 500 knols with 1000 page views and more. Actually there are 519 knols (15.2.2011) with 1000 page views and more.

67,490 weekly page views.

Will Johnson is also the first English Language Individual author to register weekly page views above 50,000. Adsense income follows page views.

Knol has traction and if any author writes valuable and useful content he will have the reader support.
Johnson is a role model and will be followed by many knol authors.

There are more knol authors who wrote more than 500 knols and many of them will soon follow Johnson to increase promtion for their knols.

Good Things - Happenings in Knol
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Recruit One More Author this Quarter and Double Knol Authors.

Knols Authors Join in this Endeavor to Make Knol a Success.

Knol Author Recruitment - Double the Number of Knol Authors

Authors are invited to join

Knol Author Foundation

Mission: To support knol authors in their endeavor to provide knol visitors the knowledge that they are seeking.

Knol Author Foundation Members from California:

Michael A Rizzotti- Los Angeles, CA, Writer, Publisher

Włodzimierz Holsztyński -Silicon Valley, CA, hi-tech consultant